Latin America

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has confirmed his candidacy for what is likely his last reelection bid.

The Caribbean Court of Justice has ruled that a U.S. extradition process against Guyana’s main opposition leader and his father can resume after it was disrupted by a legal challenge from the two.

Cuba has held a traditional rally to commemorate one of the revolution’s most important anniversaries but former President Raúl Castro was conspicuously absent.

The Catholic Church organization Caritas says hundreds of boxes of humanitarian aid from the U.S. are being distributed in two towns near Havana.

A cargo plane packed with food and hygiene kits has left Miami for Cuba as part of the U.S. government’s humanitarian assistance efforts for the people of the island nation.

From Brazil's expansion of firefighting brigades and aircraft to contingency plans for water, energy and agriculture in countries including Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru and Colombia, authorities are preparing for potentially severe impacts.

Fujimori, the daughter of a disgraced former president, ran for the presidency for the fourth time. She will become Peru’s ninth president in 10 years when she takes office later this month.

Gabriel García Luna, Guatemala’s new attorney general, pledges to dismantle his predecessor Consuelo Porras’ administration, which he calls “repressive and vengeful.”

The plan aims to open the struggling island's economy by expanding private enterprise and attracting foreign investment. The document, not yet public, will be submitted to Cuba’s National Assembly.

Jamaica is discussing with the United States the acceptance of third-country deportees. Jamaica's National Security Minister confirmed a memorandum of understanding has been signed with the U.S.

A key platform that Cubans in the U.S. use to send money and goods to relatives in Cuba has stopped operations.

The upcoming Colombian presidential election between Sen. Iván Cepeda, an ally of President Gustavo Petro, and lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella is shaping up as a stark choice that could impact the future of the Amazon rainforest, fossil fuel development and the rights of Indigenous communities.